The following are the top stories in the national and international press today.
Times of Malta says Maltese men are the most obese or overweight in Europe and the fourth most obese or overweight in the world, according to a study by the medical journal Lancet. In also reports that a man jailed for defiling his daughter will remain in prison despite the fact that his estranged wife is being charged with making up the abuse story.
In-Nazzjon says that Parliamentary sittings will start being held in the new Parliament building after summer.
l-Orizzont says that an urgent meeting between Health Parliamentary Secretary Chris Fearne and the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses is being held today to discuss the lengthy waiting time for chemotherapy services.
The Malta Independent says Health Parliamentary Secretary Chris Fearne has denied that the ministry was treating two alleged cases of abuse at Mount Carmel Hospital differently.
International news
According to Ansa, data released by EU border agency Frontex indicate that more that 60,000 people have crossed European borders illegally in the first four months of the year.
CNN reports Washington has voiced its concern that pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine were using advanced weapons in the conflict.
Deutsche Welle says preparations were underway for a summit in Berlin this afternoon, aimed at averting the threat of a Russian gas cut-off to Ukraine.
Times of India reports two police officers suspected of gang-raping and killing two teenage sisters before hanging their bodies from a mango tree have been arrested. A third man was also held, according to reports, after the discovery of two bodies renewed public outrage over sexual violence in the country.
ABC says quotes the Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre saying investigators have concluded that the missing Malaysian jet was not within an area thought to be its most likely resting place after an unmanned submersible found no sign of the plane.
Al Ayyam reports Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has asked his Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah to head a unity government.
Avvenire says a prayer-for-peace meeting between Pope Francis, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would take place on Sunday, June 8.
Corriere della Sera says 38 youngsters heading for swimming finals have been injured when the coach they were travelling on overturned.